Meyer, David R. <br/><br/>
Networked Machinists :  High-Technology Industries in Antebellum America. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (326 pages) 
 - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series .
 - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Machinists' Traces -- PART I: THE FORMATION OF THE NETWORKS, 1790-1820 -- 1 Iron Foundries Become Early Hubs of Machinist Networks -- 2 A Networked Community Built by Cotton Textile Machinists -- 3 The Federal Armories and Private Firearms Firms Operate in Open Networks -- PART II: THE ELABORATION OF THE NETWORKS, 1820-1860 -- 4 Iron Foundries Rule the Heavy Capital Equipment Industry -- 5 Networked Machinists Build Locomotives -- 6 Resilient Cotton Textile Machinist Networks -- 7 The Cradles of the Metalworking Machinery Industry -- 8 Machine Tool Networks -- 9 Machinists' Networks Forge the Pivotal Producer Durables Industry -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W. 
<br/><br/> economy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801889226 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Machinists-United States-History.<br/>Metalworking industries-United States-History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD8039.M22 U65 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>331.7/68176097309034